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The Model 1885 High Wall.
True to the spirit of the riders of the frontier, these replica single-shot rifles will delight cowboy enthusiasts and collectors alike.
Winchester's Model 1885 was a tremendously popular design, with nearly 150,000 being manufactured from 1885 to 1920. It was also made in virtually every cartridge chambering that would fit in a rifle.
At least 65 cartridges found their way into the 1885's chamber. Everything from the .22 Rimfire through sixgun cartridges such as the .38-40 and 44-40; "modern" smokeless rounds of .30-30, .303 British, .33 WCF and .35 WCF; buffalo hunting rounds such as .45-90, .45-120, .50-110; the ever popular .45-70; and such all time powerful loads as .405 Winchester (Teddy Roosevelt's Big Medicine cartridge), and .577 English. No other rifle has ever seen such varied use as the Model 1885.
The 1885 Single-Shot was also found in both High Wall and Low Wall versions. These terms refer to the sides of the receiver and their position in relation to the hammer. With the High Wall version, built for the more powerful cartridges, just the tip of the hammer is visible when viewed from the side; the Low Wall, chambered for such pleasant shootin' rounds such as the .22 Rimfire and .25-20, exposes the entire side of the hammer.
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Source: HighBeam Research, The Model 1885 High Wall.
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